Specification of William Savile : surgical stockings, socks, knee caps, &c.

  • Savile, William.
Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of William Savile : surgical stockings, socks, knee caps, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Provisional Specification. A.D. 1861.—N 2709. 3 Saviles Improvements in Surgical Stockings, Socks, Knee Caps, ■ ■ ■ ■ ' ■ .. .. ■ — __ _ _ machine. The ends of the carrier bolts come against the stops ; the relative distance the stops are placed apart regulate the throw of the carriers. The light bars above named have a short portion of their length at each end on the sides lying nearest each other formed into a rack; thus there is a pair of racks 5 opposite each other at each end of the frame, and between each pair of racks is placed a cog wheel gearing into them, the cog wheel being moved round a certain distance by another but larger wheel, which gears into a portion of the smaller one, and which stands above the light bars. The larger wheels are moved round tooth by tooth by means of a clawker or driver at each end of 10 the machine, actuated by a cam or tappet plate or other equivalent means, one or other of the clawkers being thrown into gear as required, to widen or ✓ narrow; or instead of using a pair of racks and wheels at each end of the frame, one pair of wheels and one pair of clawkers may be used, one clawker being thrown out of gear when the other is at work, by which means the 15 light bars carrying the stops will be moved to the right or left alternately, or vice versa. The whole of the above apparatus may be placed at any required distance to or from the front of the frame. LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1862.